I'm not truly convinced solutions are coming out of Washington.

As a son of Jamaican immigrants whose father cut sugarcane as a contract farm worker for over a decade and whose mother was a cook who fed those migrant workers out in the fields, the odds have always been against me growing up in rural South Bay, Fla.

I see that that 'American dream' is slipping away because we're not solving the problems of today, we're not planning for the future.

When you compare mayors to Washington insiders, Americans see that mayors actually get the job done.

I don't feel like taking anybody's money.

We had no money. My family was in Southie; I was in affluent Brookline. I don't know if it's my personality or the circumstance, but it all kind of led to this feeling of being an observer on the outside.

I was on subsidized housing for many years before my financial situation changed. I quickly found myself in a new economic structure and, frankly, knew little about how to handle my money.

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.